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Networking/Connectivity options
What's a virtual network?

A virtual network is a logically isolated network on any cloud service prvider. Azure
virtual networks will be familiar to you if you've set up networks on Hyper-V, VMware, or
even on other public clouds. A virtual network allows Azure resources to securely
communicate with each other, the internet, and on-premises networks. A virtual network
is scoped to a single region; however, multiple virtual networks from different regions
can be connected together using virtual network peering.

Virtual networks can be segmented into one or more subnets. Subnets help you
organize and secure your resources in discrete sections. The web, application, and data
tiers each have a single VM. All three VMs are in the same virtual network but are in
separate subnets.

Users interact with the web tier directly, so that VM has a public IP address along with a
private IP address. Users don't interact with the application or data tiers, so these VMs
each have a private IP address only.

You can also keep your service or data tiers in your on-premises network, placing your
web tier into the cloud, but keeping tight control over other aspects of your application.
A VPN gateway (or virtual network gateway), enables this scenario. It can provide a
secure connection between an Azure Virtual Network and an on-premises location over
the internet.

Azure manages the physical hardware for you. You configure virtual networks and
gateways through software, which enables you to treat a virtual network just like your
own network. You choose which networks your virtual network can reach, whether that's
the public internet or other networks in the private IP address space.
Important Networking Services in Cloud

1. Vnet | VPC
2. Firewall
3. DNS
4. VPN
5. Monitoring
6. CDN
7. Bastion
8. NAT
9. IP